OLDENBURG
(Duke Peter Alexandrovich, 1868-1924, First Husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Nicholas II’s younger sister)
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation to an unnamed correspondent
regretting “that I must forgo the pleasure of playing our promised round of golf with You on Friday morning. Hoping very much that I will be able to take part another time, I ask You, Madam, to accept the assurance of my highest consideration...”, 2 sides 8vo., on paper with a crested monogram at the head, Biarritz, Wednesday, no date
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0
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43642
£175
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ORPEN
(Sir William, 1878-1931, Portrait, Genre & War Painter)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘William Orpen’ to ‘Dear Mr Maugham’
saying that “on behalf of my miserable wife (miserable because she is my wife). I write to thank thee for her dry. feet also for a most excellent and entertaining dinner and all that sort of thank (only I can’t write...”, 1 side 4to., 8 South Bolton Gardens, Sunday, no date
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0
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43656
£325
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PIUS VIII
(born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni, 1761-1830, Pope from 1829 to his death)
A friendly Clerk Written Letter Signed to “the Prior and Canons of the Collegiate Church of Cingoli”
saying he is “exceedingly obliged by the gracious interest that the Most Illustrious Ladies are pleased to show toward me, through the kind and delicate congratulations you have favoured me with for the office of Major Penitentiary, to which I have been called solely by sovereign clemency, and by the desire you express to see me in my homeland before my departure for Rome. I therefore offer You my distinguished thanks, from the depths of my heart, for such favour. However, I find it difficult to be able to satisfy Your aforementioned wish, due to the various commitments that I must attend to before my departure. I therefore ask You for Your fervent prayers to our Holy Protector, and, eager to reciprocate with all due affection and esteem...”, 1 side 4to., Cesena, 25th August
Item Date:
1821
Stock No:
43663
£975
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PIUS XI
(born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, 1857-1939, Pope from 1922 and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1929)
Autograph Letter Signed “B. A. Ratti” in Italian with Translation,
thanking him “from the bottom of my heart for your kind and friendly message of the 12th of this month. I am deeply sorry when you write to me about your sorrows, and I pray that the prognosis for your brother, whom I had the good fortune to meet when I recommended to him a good man who, unfortunately, needed your help and for whom he showed unforgettable and unforgettable kindness, will not come true. If you have the opportunity, please remind him, and give him my best regards. I then immediately took to heart your precious suggestions and asked Senator Li Beltrani to come to my aid with those Galilean volumes, which he did, as is his wont, without delay. The bureaucratic deeds you recount to me are most edifying; we here say: “That’s crazy!”. And unfortunately, the fear that Galileo will be overtaken by Leonardo is legitimate. By the way, thanks for the newspaper you sent: I wasn’t aware of your article; I read it with great interest and with... continuous strings of assent. I’ve been of your opinion for a while now! Nothing about Tartaglia; a lot about Moletti, as you know: if I can help you with anything - at least in the description of the codices - please keep me at your disposal...”, 2 sides 8vo., Milan
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
43662
£1250
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SALISBURY
(James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess, 1861-1947, Politician)
Autograph Letter Signed marked ‘Private’ to ‘my dear NELSON’
(Horatio, 3rd Earl, 1823-1913, Politician) saying that “As the most revered of all our members may I write to you to ask whether you would give us your support in an effort we are making to add to the portrait of Lord Selborne which the House of Laymen already possesses the picture of his successor Lord Ashcombe. This would seem, just as in the pictorial records of some ancient college, in accordance with the spirit of tradition which it may be hoped will gather round this assembly. If you should be willing to subscribe it would be of course of assistance to us on the first list of subscriptions, but you have I know such calls upon your generosity that I shall fully understand if you cannot help...”, 3 sides 8vo., Hatfield House, Herts headed paper, 19th June
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
43646
£55
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